Ardea herodias

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Pelecaniformes • Familia: Ardeidae • Subfamilia: Ardeinae • Genus: Ardea • Species: Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758

IUCN: Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 (old web site) (Least Concern) (Warning: different IUCN Id between wikidata 'Great Blue Heron' (181500967) and wikicommons (22696998))

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Ardea herodias

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Great Blue Heron']

• English: Great Blue Heron
• العربية: بلشون أزرق كبير
• مصرى: بلشون ازرق كبير
• Atikamekw: Cakiw
• български: Голяма синя чапла
• বাংলা: বড় নীল বক
• brezhoneg: Kerc'heiz vras Amerika
• català: bernat americà
• Tsetsêhestâhese: Ne'potátse
• čeština: volavka velká
• Cymraeg: crëyr mawr glas
• dansk: Stor Blåhejre
• Deutsch: Kanadareiher
• Ελληνικά: Μεγάλος μπλε ερωδιός
• Esperanto: Blucindra ardeo
• español: Garza azulada
• eesti: ameerika hallhaigur
• فارسی: حواصیل آبی بزرگ
• suomi: amerikanharmaahaikara
• français: Grand Héron
• Nordfriisk: Kanaadsk Heeger
• Gaeilge: Mórchorr ghorm
• Gaelg: Coar ghorrym vooar
• עברית: אנפה כחולה גדולה
• hrvatski: američka čaplja
• magyar: királygém
• íslenska: Bláhegri
• italiano: Airone azzurro
• 日本語: オオアオサギ
• lietuvių: didysis pilkasis garnys
• latviešu: Kanādas gārnis
• македонски: голема сина чапја
• norsk bokmål: Herodiashegre
• Nederlands: Amerikaanse Blauwe Reiger
• norsk: Herodiashegre
• Diné bizaad: Táłtłʼááh álééh
• polski: czapla modra
• پنجابی: وڈا نیلا بگلا
• português: garça-azul-grande, garça-real-americana
• русский: Большая голубая цапля
• davvisámegiella: Amerihkáránesháigir
• Simple English: Great blue heron
• slovenčina: volavka statná
• slovenščina: ameriška siva čaplja
• svenska: amerikansk gråhäger
• Türkçe: Büyük mavi balıkçıl
• українська: чапля північна
• Tiếng Việt: Diệc xanh lớn
• 中文: 大藍鷺
• 中文（中国大陆）: 大蓝鹭
• 中文（简体）: 大蓝鹭
• 中文（繁體）: 大藍鷺
• 中文（香港）: 大藍鷺
• 中文（新加坡）: 大蓝鹭
• 中文（臺灣）: 大藍鷺

Photographs

Ardea herodias herodias

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  Great Blue Heron flying over grass in the Everglades
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  Great blue heron, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada
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  Wading at Grande Lakes Audubon Cooperative Wildlife Sanctuary, Orlando, Florida
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  Eating a common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) hatchling
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  Two great blue herons in synchronous flight
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  Great blue heron landing in the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware
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  Ridgefield NWR
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  Ridgefield NWR
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  Ridgefield NWR
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  Ridgefield NWR
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  Attempting to swallow a fish
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  Union Bay Natural Area
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  Puget Sound, Washington
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  Brandywine River, West Chester, Pennsylvania
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  Mission Bay, San Diego, California
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  DeSoto NWR
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  DeSoto NWR
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  Morro Bay, California
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  Santa Barbara, California
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  Lake Eustis
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  Washington Park (Anacortes)
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  Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, USA.
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  Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
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  Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
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  Santa Barbara, California
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  Horicon, Wisconsin
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  Everglades National Park, Florida
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  Great Blue Heron Standing in Water
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  Great Blue Heron Standing in the Weeds
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Ardea herodias occidentalis

 Vernacular names

• English: Great White Heron

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  Pigeon Key, Florida Keys
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  Pigeon Key, Florida Keys
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  Everglades, Florida

Illustrations

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  Ardea herodias
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  "Estuary at Twighlight", Edward Moran
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  1891
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  Great Blue Heron range map.

Sounds

• Four calls of the Great Blue Heron